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100th Year of Editorial Freedom
BHB Est. 1893
Volume 101, Issue 14
FRIDAY
IN THE NEWS
Top stories from state, nation and world
South Korea attempts
to alleviate tensions
SEOUL, South Korea South
Korean leaders tried to assure their
people Thursday there was no danger
that the dispute about North Korea’s
nuclear program could lead to war.
The North blamed rising tensions
on the divided peninsula on U.S.-
South Korean war games that ended
on Thursday.
Tensions began growing last week,
when the North made a surprise
announcement that it is quitting the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty,
thus releasing it from the obligation to
allow international inspections of its
nuclear sites.
A South Korean newspaper
reported Thursday that Seoul would
be willing to discontinue the maneu
vers if the North would rejoin the
treaty, but the South’s foreign
minister said he knew nothing about
this.
Palestinian survives
assassination attempt
JERUSALEM The chief Palestin
ian delegate to the Middle East peace
talks escaped a drive-by assassination
attempt Thursday by a group opposed
to the talks, Israel television said.
Haidar Abdul-Shafi was unhurt,
but another man was killed in the
assassination attempt in the Rafah
refugee camp in the occupied Gaza
Strip, the report said.
The killing capped a day in which
one other Arab was killed and 45
were injured in clashes with the army.
The television report identified the
figure as Abdul-Shafi. It identified the
gunmen as belonging to the Red
Eagles, a wing of the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine, a
branch of the Palestine Liberation
Organization.
Two arrested, linked
to Bombay bombings
CALCUTTA, India As the death
toll from a huge explosion in Calcutta
rose to 86 on Thursday, police in
Bombay arrested two men in bomb
ings in that city.
Bombay Police Chief A.S. Samra
said the two arrested men had links to
the Persian Gulf but did not elaborate.
Police said the two drove bomb-laden
vehicles to their targets.
Thirteen bombs planted in cars,
motor scooters and briefcases
exploded across Bombay on March
12, killing 317 people. Police believe
terrorists planned the attacks but have
not determined their identities or
motive.
Suspect in clinic killing
to use Bible in defense
PENSACOLA, Fla. The man
accused of killing a doctor outside an
abortion clinic was arraigned
Thursday as the battle concerning
abortion returned to the city’s streets
for the first time since the shooting.
Pro-choice demonstrators picketed
outside the courthouse where Michael
F. Griffin, 31, was represented by a
public defender he didn’t want. The
lawyer entered an innocent plea on
Griffin’s behalf.
Griffin said he wanted to defend
himself and planned to use the Bible
as a legal document.
Griffin is charged with first-degree
premeditated murder and State
Attorney Curtis Golden said prosecu
tors would seek the death penalty if
he is convicted.
Beven hikers rescued
from Smoky Mountains
GATLINBURG, Tenn. Eleven
hikers, the last known to be stranded
in the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park by last weekend’s
blizzard, were found Thursday and
flown to safety.
More than 230 deaths were
attributed to the storm, which swept
across the eastern United States last
Friday and Saturday.
Park rangers found the hikers in
two shelters along the Appalachian
Trail. Helicopters from the 101st
Airborne Division based at Fort
Campbell, Ky., lifted them out.
“I was either very peaceful or
absolutely panicked and very cold,”
said Courtney McCollum of Chevy
Chase, Md., who was hiking with
Susannah Chaplin of Bangor, Maine.
McCollum and Chaplin were
among seven hikers who had been
together since Friday night, when a
snowstorm dumped three or more feet
of snow on the park bordering
Tennessee and North Carolina.
—The Associated Press
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Report: RTVMP should be dissolved
By Thanassis Cambanis
Assistant University Editor
An external review of the Radio,
Television and Motion Pictures depart
ment has recommended that the depart
ment be “disestablished,” but Univer
sity officials have yet to decide on any
reaction to the report.
Stephen Birdsall, dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences, commissioned the
evaluation of the RTVMP department
by a review team of four professors
from other universities. The reviewers
authored the March 10 report after in
terviewing administrators, faculty mem
bers and students March 1-3.
The report clearly states that the cur
rent structure of the RTVMP depart
ment is not effective.
“No matter what one’s vantage point,
this is not an excellent department,” the
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Former U.S. Sen. Terry Sanford kicks off a series of lectures sponsored by the UNC Law School Forum
Sanford: U.S. should be leader
By John Davies
Staff Writer
Former U.S. Sen. Terry Sanford
called for the United States to lead the
United Nations in promoting democ
racy around the world in the first of a
series of lectures sponsored by the UNC
Law School Forum Thursday.
“We should fan the fires and support
the liberties and freedoms that the world
wants,” Sanford said. “We have earned
the right to declare where the world is
headed.”
Carolina Theatre to reopen tonight
By Jackie Hershkowitz
City Editor
The Carolina Theatre, a Franklin
Street landmark that closed two years
ago, will open its doors tonight with a
new look and new management.
Bruce Stone, owner of the new Caro
lina Theatre, which is located on the
corner of Columbia Street beside
Ackland Art Museum, said he expected
curious movie-goers to wander into the
theater this weekend.
“I’m hoping people will want to come
see the new version of the Carolina
Theatre,” Stone said. “It’s a beautiful
space, with a large screen, and it prob
ably has the best sound systems in
Mayor steps into national judicial spotlight
By Daniel Feldman
Staff Writer
University and town officials said
this week that they were pleased about
Chapel Hill Mayor Ken Broun’s recent
appointment to a Supreme Court advi
sory board.
Broun, a professor in the UNC Law
School, was chosen by Chief Justice
William Rehnquist last month to serve
on the Judicial Conference Advisory
Committee of the Rules.
Chancellor Paul Hardin said he was
proud of Broun’s important recogni
tion, adding that it would only supple
ment his already impressive career.
“It’s a highly credible assignment to
add dignity to his office as mayor,”
Hardin said. “I* m glad it won’t take him
away from Chapel Hill since it’s not a
full-time job.”
is only one thing that can kill the movies and that is education. Will Rogers
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
report states. “Its faculty is too frag
mented (both personally and ideologi
cally); its collective vision is nonexist
ent; and its students are being poorly
served by staffing uncertainties and
equipment breakdowns.”
The report makes four major recom
mendations: that the RTVMP depart
ment be “disestablished;” that four of
its faculty members be transferred to a
new Curriculum in Cultural Studies;
that the remainder of the department’s
faculty merge with the Department of
Speech Communication; and that the
new speech communication department
be renamed the Department of Commu
nication Studies.
In addition, the report states that the
School of Journalism and Mass Com
munication alone should teach broad
cast journalism, a task currently shared
by the journalism school and the
About 60 people gathered at UNC’s
Memorial Hall to hear Sanford discuss
the role of the United Nations and the
United States in world affairs since the
end of the Cold War.
Sanford served in the U.S. Senate
from 1986-92 and as governor of North
Carolina from 1961-65. He was presi
dent of Duke University from 1969-85.
Sanford attended UNC and also gradu
ated from the UNC School of Law.
In his address, Sanford said U.S. in
volvement in world affairs would re
quire close association with the United
Chapel Hill.”
Stone said he hoped the theater, which
seats people, would tap into anew
market by showing late-night movies
Fridays and Saturdays at 11:30 p.m.
“We’re hoping late-night shows will
be a regular feature,” he said. “I think
that has the potential to do real well
downtown.”
The theater will open by showing
“Rich in Love,” a film Stone described
as a family drama that would appeal to
a broad audience.
The film, which was directed by the
team that produced “Driving Miss
Daisy,” tells the story of a woman in
Charleston, S.C., who abandons her
husband and teenage children.
Ken Broun
Broun said he
was excited about
his selection to
serve a national
committee, but he
added that it would
not affect his abil
ity to perform his
current responsi
bilities, since the
committee only
meets a few times
a year.
“This committee is important since
states usually pattern the rules made by
the federal court,” Broun said. “I’m
glad I can now help mold the policy of
the future.
“I’m very pleased, for it ties in with
my principal academic interest: evi
dence.”
Broun said Judge Jay Dixon Phillips
RTVMP department.
Birdsall said he would make the ulti
mate decision concerning the report.
“It’s difficult to see how (the depart
ment) could stay as it has,” he said. “I
think there will be some changes.”
Birdsall said he would not decide on
a specific course of action until he had
spoken with other administrators, fac
ulty members and students. “I’d rather
not set a deadline for myself, but I
intend to consult with people as rapidly
and as thoroughly as I can,” he said.
The external review is the second
official report calling for the depart
ment to be restructured. Another report
issued in January, the “Statement of the
(RTVMP) Faculty,” recommends that
the department be renamed the Depart
ment of Media Studies and that it focus
on cultural and documentary studies.
The faculty report also recommends
Nations in solving world problems. “We
can stand firmly in the framework of the
United Nations and insist on anew
world decency,” he said.
He cited the assurance of universal
human rights, the enforcement of arms
control provisions and the promotion of
democratic, constitutionally governed
nations as the most pressing responsi
bilities of the United Nations. We should
lay out some principles ... and the U.N.
should be our tool for whatever we do to
See SANFORD, page 4
Tickets cost $5.50, with reduced rates
for weekend matinees.
Stone said the theater’s opening had
been delayed because of legal problems
with city inspectors.
“There’s been lot’s of frenzy,” he
said. “We’ve been getting pressure be
cause city officials have been getting
pressure about the unsightly comer.”
Stone said the city inspector threat
ened to deny the theater a certificate of
occupancy until the property ’s fence on
Franklin and Columbia streets was re
paired.
“It’s been complicated and I cer
tainly have gotten impatient,” he said.
“But once you start this kind of project,
you can’t turn back.”
of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals
nominated him for the position.
‘ The court forms committees for each
set, largely of judges, but there are a few
academicians and lawyers,” Broun said.
David Sellars, public information
officer for courts of the United States,
said there were no set criteria for com
mittee selection and added that the chief
justice chose advisory board members
at his discretion.
“The chief justice decides who’s pre
sumed experienced in a given field,”
Sellars said.
Broun said the purpose of advisory
committees was to provide in-depth re
ports to the Supreme Court on possible
procedural changes.
Chapel Hill Town Council member
Mark Chilton said he admired the
See BROUN, page 4
eliminating undergraduate and gradu
ate film production.
Lawrence Gilbert, acting RTVMP
department chairman, said he had dis
cussed the external review with depart
ment members Thursday.
While the report suggests shifting all
RTVMP subject matter to other depart
ments, Gilbert said overall course offer
ings would not change greatly.
“I think (the report’s recommenda
tions) are productive in the sense that all
the things that are done in RTVMP will
stay on campus,” he said.
Students currently majoring in
RTVMP would not be affected by any
changes in the department, Gilbert said.
“Existing students would have a choice
in getting their degree in RTVMP or the
new department,” he said.
Faculty members will have to accept
Birdsall’s final verdict, Gilbert said.
BOG post propels
Bibbs to new role
in system affairs
By James Lewis
Staff Writer
The N.C. General Assembly made
history on Thursday by electing UNC
law student Mark Bibbs to an at-large
seat on the Board of Governors.
“Naturally, I’m deeply honored to
have been elected,” Bibbs said. “I’m
very grateful for the support of mem
bers of the House who voted for me and
humbled at this opportunity to serve the
people of the state of North Carolina.”
Bibbs, who has served as the ex
officio student member of the BOG
since 1991, said he planned to represent
the entire state, not just UNC. Bibbs
served as president of the statewide
Association of Student Governments.
“I don’t just necessarily see myself
as a student representative,” he said.
“Now that I’ve been elected by the
House, I have to do what is in best
interest of not only the students, but the
University system and the whole state.”
Bibbs said he thought he would be
able to build a very professional rela
tionship with BOG members. “We have
Tar Heels halt streak
by Cinderella Pirates
UNC 85
E. CAROLINA 65
By Warren Hynes
Senior Writer
WINSTON-SALEM Cinderella
just doesn’t wear purple.
The East Carolina Pirates tried Thurs
day night to pull off the upset of the
century in Lawrence Joel Coliseum.
They hung tough all the way. But in
their bid to become the first No. 16 seed
ever to win a game in the NCAA Tour
nament, the Pirates fell short. Twenty
points short.
They fell to a team that they had not
played in 40 years, a team that they will
have to read about and hear about for up
to 2 1/2 weeks. They lost to mighty
North Carolina.
The No. 4 Tar Heels knocked off the
Pirates 85-65 before 14,366 bipartisan
fans. UNC, the top seed in the East
Regional, advances to a second-round
matchup with Rhode Island Saturday at
See ECU, page 7
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“The only option they have is to talk to
the dean before he makes his decision.”
Gilbert said he thought initial con
sternation about the report soon would
subside. “I think it’s a shock to be in a
department and recommended that it
not remain.”
Birdsall said no matter what he
chooses to recommend, the department
could be changed as early as this fall.
Richard Cole, dean of the journalism
school, said the school would need more
faculty and technical resources to deal
with its proposed expanded role.
Richard Elam, an RTVMP professor
who worked with the external evalua
tion team, said the importance of the
department could not be underestimated.
“The things we teach have more ef
fect than people probably realize,” he
said. “If you do away with these things,
you’ 11 have to reinvent them elsewhere.”
Mjfkßihhs
mutual respect for
each other,” he
said.
Sam Poole,
BOG chairman,
said Bibbs would
not receive special
treatment from the
board. “He’s been
sitting on the board
as a nonvoting
memberfor nearly
a year now,” he
said. “He’ll find he is one of 32 board
members. We try to do things by con
sensus.
“Members of the board have made it
a point to consider students.”
Poole said he discouraged any mem
ber from just considering one perspec
tive. “I am opposed to any member
representing a particular interest group
or faction. I don’t think we should des
ignate a seat for a student.”
The board designates two seats to
members of the minority party in the
See BIBBS, page 7
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(4) Arkansas 94 (13) Holy Cross 64
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(7) Brigham Young 80 (10) SMU 71
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